Another PioneerA03 DVR (QUESTION)

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Ok.......I hear this is the one to get but I also need to know what brand Media (NAME BRAND) DISCS would you perfer and will this (PIONEER DVR-A03) also be able to record DVD Movies??

Thanks for all the help so far ......

Bobby

[DigitalRageX]

U will find this hard as most movies are 7or 8 gb in size and disks are ....4.7 gb..... as far as i know media so far has not been a problem outside ps2 backup ...

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Thanks for the reply.........So what your saying is, with this recorder I wont be able to make copies (Backups) of my DVD movies?? Let me know if I some how misunderstood you.

Thanks

[DigitalRageX]

i have only backed up anime which would fit on the 4.7 gb discs however it may be possible to rip out all the extras on disks and get it on a 4.7gb disk but as a good quality disk is about a £5 i would say for the hassel and the chances being low to acheive the ripping before burning your just as well buying the dvd in the first place ..another option is to rip it to divx and then to svcd this will allow u to get the movie onto one disk (handy but expensive when 2 cd's cost 0.35p to eh £5 or £3 for (datastore ..yuk))
I guess what im saying is all the dvdr burners have only really 2 uses
1. to backup ps2 games
2. to backup pc images (hardisk backups because the media is still two expensive compared to cd's)

As for disks i use for ps2 backup well maxwell £5 ...i have had no problems with these disks except for one game MGS2 however im trying to backup a games with tons of video and audio in nTSC format and play it on a PAL machine ...

i have had better results with TDK and Pioneer but still not perfect ..every pal game has been Perfect with Maxwell

As for datastore media ok for pc stuff but that's about it ... (NOT A FAN)

..hope this helps

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xvxvxvxvx (28-12-2001 15:55):
Ok.......I hear this is the one to get but I also need to know what brand Media (NAME BRAND) DISCS would you perfer and will this (PIONEER DVR-A03) also be able to record DVD Movies??

Thanks for all the help so far ......

Bobby

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Thanks for the advice.......:-) what would I need (HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE (WISE) to make Backups of my DVD MOVIES?? Can it be done at all?? I dont want to rip a DVD if I dont have too.....I would like to COPY a DVD whole....Nothing missing ......

Thanks

[trig]

If your really that keen i can start you off with several websites and you can go on from there. As you've read most commercial DVD movies are pressed on 9+Gb disks which if you do the maths is approx twice a DVD-R, coupled with that does your stand alone DVD player play DVD-R/RW disks, if your just going to watch them on your PC i would suggest just buy a very large hard drive! Joke! Anyway where to start;

hxxp://xxx.dvdripguides.com/dvdrip2a.html
hxxp://mpucoder.kewlhair.com/derrow/index.html
xxx.vcdhelp.com

read these first and you'll quickly get an idea of what you up against, if your lucky the DVD movie without all the extra's may come in under 4.7Gb which is great as you can just burn this back to disk, if however you really like these extras then i would suggest you stick with the original!!

Good luck, patience and i hope you've got lots of hard drive space!!

Laters

Trig

I read somewhere that you copy one side at a time. Like turn the DVD over. You'll need a DVD-RAM disk for this. No guarantees because it's a couple of weeks ago that I read it and didn't note the URL.